80's Pop Music for Dummies

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 25, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Music for Dummies
• ASIN: B0000DJYMN
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #639,960 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. What You Need - INXS

2. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes

3. Let’s Go To Bed - The Cure

4. Shake It Up - The Cars

5. Whip It - Devo

6. Missing You - John Waite

7. Don’t Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders

8. Human - Human League

9. (There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes

10. Talking In Your Sleep - Romantics

11. Take On Me - a-ha

12. Holding Back The Years - Simply Red

Editorial Reviews

Taking their cues from punk and new wave, many of the musicians who emerged in the ’80s brought things back to earth, simplifying the themes and arrangements — elements that were often excessive and over-the-top during the ’70s. The music was essentially more accessible and user-friendly with a modern twist.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dummies 80's CD falls flat., July 17, 2004

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E. Marrero "emarr30" (Miami, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 80's Pop Music for Dummies (Audio CD)

It's difficult to understand where exactly they are going with their 80's entry in their series of Dummies CDs. I can understand foregoing the obvious eighties giants, (Madonna, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Pat Benatar, Cyndi Lauper, The GO-GO's, etc.)While the above mentioned did in fact define that decade they can pretty much be found in almost every compilation cd. Devo's "Whip it" and Yes' "Owner of a Lonely Heart" fit in nicely but the others don't. Many of the artists are right but with the wrong song choices. Why have "Don't Get Me Wrong" from the Pretenders when "Brass in My Pocket" would have been a better choice. Same with "Human" by Human League, why not include "Don't You Want Me". A-Ha's "Take on Me" is better remembered for their breakthrough video, the song alone doesn't cut it. I guess the same argument above can be made for the song choices as was made for the artist but it still would have been nice to hear "We Got The Beat", "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "What's Love Got to do With it" on the same CD.